Static spark started fire that heavily damaged Cuyahoga Falls factory
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27 Incidents & 1 update (12/16/11)
MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING “Partners in Safety”for their support! City of Boise, ID since 2007, Haynes since 2005, Air Products since 2009, Benjamin Moore Paints since 2011 2011 Fatality Tracker Electrical 78 (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 84 (2010 = 110) (2009=88) Mining 236 (2010 =…...
NIST Study Finds Failure Points in Firefighter Protective Equipment
In fire experiments conducted in uniformly furnished, but vacant Chicago-area townhouses, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers uncovered temperature and heat-flow conditions that can seriously damage facepiece lenses on standard firefighter breathing equipment, a potential contributing factor for first-responder fatalities and injuries…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View...
MUSTANG SURVIVAL PFD RECALL NOTICE
The United States Coast Guard strongly urges mariners and boaters alike to check their Mustang Survival PFDs. Mustang Survival is voluntarily recalling all model number MD2010 and MD2012 inflatable Personal Flotation Devices (PFD’s) sold in the United States during 2011. To determine if you are impacted by this recall please reference the images below:… Membership Required You...
Be sure to ask what refrigerant your refrigerator uses when you buy a new one!!!
The next time you go to your friendly neighbor appliance store to by your new refrigerator or freezer, BE SURE to ask what type of refrigerant it uses. You may be very surprised in what you hear!! The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added three hydrocarbons as acceptable alternatives in household and small commercial…...
PSM, Flammable Liquids, & Secondary Containment
As many of you know I have written extensively about flammable liquids safety, a true passion of mine within the safety field. But there is this SMALL detail that too many facilities are overlooking, but relying on in a very BIG way. Secondary Containment, or a “dike” as it is often called. Here are just…...
2011 Photo of the Week #50 – Flammable Liquid Dike Failure
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48 incidents & 0 updates (12/12/11)
MANY THANKS to my NEW & RENEWING “Partners in Safety”for their support! City of Boise, ID since 2007, Haynes since 2005, Air Products since 2009, Benjamin Moore Paints since 2011 2011 Fatality Tracker Electrical 77 (2010 = 90) (2009 = 100) Forklift/Manlift Mobile Equipment 83 (2010 = 110) (2009=88) Mining 236 (2010 =…...
Safety Pays!!!!
The National Safety Council estimates a worker injury with NO lost-time costs $7,000 on average. A company must sell extra product to cover the accident costs. For example, if a company has an accident that costs $5,000 and operates with a profit margin of 3%, then $167,000 in additional sales are needed to make up…...
Bathtub Refinishing Hazard Alert – Methylene Chloride Fatalities
Certain coating removers containing methylene chloride are widely used in the bathtub refinishing industry to prepare tubs for a new finish. Since 2006 there have been three deaths in Michigan in this industry involving methylene chloride. This week the Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (MIFACE) program released a hazard alert and an investigative report…...
Use of Mobile Phone “Expert XP-Ex-1” in potentially explosive atmospheres
A serious risk has been identified by an EU member state where use of the mobile phone “Expert XP-Ex-1” in potentially explosive atmospheres could lead to possible ignition danger. The mobile phone in question is manufactured by “Experts Intrinsic Safety Specialists, Groningsewet 7, 2994 LC Barendrecht, Netherlands”…. Membership Required You must be a member to...
Safety Alert – DeWALT Large Grinder Defective Handles
Attached is a Quality and Safety Alert for ALL DeWalt Large Grinders that have been manufactured prior to week 32, of this year. These grinders have been manufactured since sometime earlier than 1995. This is a real one and a good catch as this does NOT appear on the DeWalt website under their recalls section…....